Quest 251

[primrosella]

Well, that was...er, certainly an interesting curse yesterday, wasn't it? I'm not entirely, um, sure what it was all about, other than that everyone seemed to be talking in fives. That is, the things people were saying didn't seem to have much in common with each other, outside of the part about it always only being five words. Why five words, I wonder? We've had plenty of curses before that have altered the way we speak, whether it's through forcing us into rhyme or verse or a sailor's brogue, but there aren't many that restrict the numbers of words themselves, I don't think. There's the one that goes in only three lines like poetry, but I don't think I recall one that keeps things to only five words.

I don't think I was cursed yesterday, either, which is lucky enough, I suppose. Perhaps I'd have a better idea of what it really was if I had been, but I'm certainly not about to complain that I wasn't. Still, no matter what it was, at least it seemed...er, harmless enough, and it's over now, anyway.

And wasn't that a lovely ball we had for Valentine's Day? Really, words can hardly do it justice, and I'm sure anyone who attended will agree. Oh, and I do hope everyone who went to Mr. Nekozawa's event had a lovely time, too, even if it was a rather...well, unorthodox way of celebrating the holiday. After all, a celebration is a celebration, and what matters is that everyone enjoyed themselves, isn't it? And it was certainly nice to have something to look forward to and get excited about, too.

But now things are back to usual--or as usual as they get in the City, I suppose--and I've still another four days to go before I can start thinking about the next great event on the horizon. So I think I'll spend the day looking over a new book of mine. Five words at a time is all well and good, but it's just as nice to have a whole book filled with sentences to pore over on a free afternoon, too.

Comments

[wandbreaker]

Which five words do you think you would say?

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

It's rather hard to say, isn't it, if I don't know what the curse was besides those five words? I suppose it could've been anything, really.

[wandbreaker]

Best not touch the crown?

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

I outrank you, you know?

Though I suppose I couldn't say that to everyone, could I. Just most people.

[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

Are you truly that naive?

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

I beg your pardon?

[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

The curse was self-explanatory.

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it came so easily to you, then, but I'm afraid it wasn't the same for everyone.

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[sparkling-by.livejournal.com]

Well, Nekozawa-senpai always has a very...

[sparkling-by.livejournal.com]

[sparkling-by.livejournal.com]

[sparkling-by.livejournal.com]

done

[sparkling-by.livejournal.com]

...unique perspective. I'm sure he understands.

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

I thought it was quite nice of him to think of the people that might've enjoyed an...er, alternative sort of celebration for the holiday, really. Just because I happen to favor yours doesn't mean everyone would, of course.

[sparkling-by.livejournal.com]

That's just it! Nekozawa-senpai tried his absolute hardest, and his after-break-up-new-love-finding party was successful in its own right!

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

...you didn't catch the subtext?

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

Subtext? No, I'm afraid I didn't see anything of the kind. There were quite a few sentences I saw, but they didn't seem to have anything in common, really.

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

Now I'm debating on actually telling you.

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

Is it something really awful, then?

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

Another four days? What happens in four days?

And, yes, it was an interesting curse, but I think that's all one needs to say about it.

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

It'll be the twenty-first of the month, of course.

I've heard a bit about what it might've involved, and I'm not about to inquire any further into it from there. I'm just glad it's over.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

I see. Now what sort of significance could that hold, I wonder?

No, I don't think you ought to inquire any further at all. I'm quite glad it's over myself.

[had_not_lived]

You looked lovely, by the way.

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

Why, I'm very flattered you thought so, Neil! Oh, but were you at the ball? I don't think I saw you at all that night.

[Which is true, technically speaking.]

[had_not_lived]

Well, I passed through.

[Certainly he can't have been your only mystery partner, Rosella.]